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Technology Transfer

The University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) focuses on teaching, research, and service with a large emphasis on preparing Northeast Louisiana for enhanced productive lives. In order to accomplish this, ULM's faculty and staff integrate these functions. Additionally, the research performed within ULM produces invention disclosures, patent filings, and licensing opportunities.

The Office of Sponsored Programs and Research (OSPR) is here to assist ULM's faculty and staff with the administration and transfer of technologies to the community. If you think you created a new invention, please complete the invention disclosure form on the forms page and submit it to OSPR promptly.

The patent process requires accurate laboratory notebooks and institutional administration, so be sure you remember to follow the best practices of:

 

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Technology Development Flow Chart (provided by the University of Idaho, Office of Technology Transfer)

 

Issued Patents

US7713693B1: Human Cancer Cell Specific Gene Transcript (2010)

US 20110136880: Latrunculin-Based Macrolides and Their Uses (2011)

US 8,188,130 B1: Anti-cancer hydantoin compounds and methods. (Red Sea Sponge) - First titled, Development of a novel small molecule class for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer (2011)

US 7,977,384 B1: Anticancer Tobacco Cembranoids (2012)

US 8,2687,86: Anti-cancer tocotrienol analogues and associated methods (2012)

US 62/508,605: Tobacco Cembranoids and Metabolites to Control Angiogenesis-Dependent Human Pathologies (2017)

WO2018017967A1: Oleocanthal: Novel isolations and orally active self-emulsified nano-emulsion for the prevention of breast malignancies recurrence (2018)

 

Regulatory Resources

Key Provisions of Bayh-Dole Act (click here for PowerPoint)

 

Patent Search Link
https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/search-patents 

Trademark Search Link
https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/search-patents

Copyright Search
https://www.copyright.gov/forms/search_estimate.html

National Bureau of Economic Research
http://www.nber.org/patents/

ip Handbook of Best Practices
http://www.iphandbook.org/handbook/ch09/p03/

World Intellectual Property Organization
http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/licensing/903/wipo_pub_903.pdf

Licensing Consulting Group
http://licensingconsultinggroup.com/3-ways-to-negotiate-an-ip-buyout-in-your-licensing-agreement/

"IP Licenses: Restrictions on Assignment and Change of Control"
https://files.skadden.com/sites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fpublications%2FPublications2679_0.pdf

 

Commercialization of IP

Startup Development Program

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs

"
Small Business Grants: 105 Ways to Get Free Money for Your Business"


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